Record

Performance Title	BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1961 - Sixty-Seventh Season - Prom 2
Performance Date	24 July 1961
Performance Day	Monday
Performance Time	19:30
Main Performers	Gerald English, Thomas Hemsley - vocals
Orchestra or Band	BBC Symphony Orchestra
Choirs	Alexandra Choir, BBC Choral Society, Royal Choral Society
Conductors	Sir Malcolm Sargent
Set List	'Overture' from Egmont, Beethoven, 'Les Illuminations, for Tenor and String Orchestra', Britten (Gerald English), 'Symphony No.6', Shostakovich, 'Belshazzar's Feast', Walton (Thomas Hemsley, Alexandra Choir, BBC Choral Society, Royal Choral Society)
Performance Notes	Proms premiere of 'Symphony No.6', Shostakovich
Related Archival Material	Proms Guide (RAHE/1/1961/75), Programme (RAHE1/1961/77)
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Catalogue

Reference Number	Title	Date
RAHE/1/1961/77	BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1961 - Prom 2	24 July 1961

Work

Ref No	Title	No of Performances
Emazealev_Suh	BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1961 - Sixty-Seventh Season	49

Performers

Code	Name of Performer(s)
DS/UK/67	Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
DS/UK/10268	English; Gerald (1925-); English tenor
DS/UK/11240	Hemsley; Thomas (1927-2013); English baritone
DS/UK/893	British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/2127	Alexandra Choir; 1940-1990; British choir
DS/UK/894	British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Chorus; 1928-; British amateur chorus
DS/UK/49	Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/31	Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster

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